guys thank you very much..you help me a lot to decide....i have gtx 590 quad sli and thinking to buy 8350 because i have extremely bottleneck with my 8120 even at 4600mhz the score is 23000..so im going to 8350..

another question for the overclocked owners is 8350 gets easy 5.5ghz?

It would be nice if the 83xx cpu's would all hit 5.5ghz but no thats a rare thing or as some say a golden cpu depends on the motherboard, ram, and all other components. Average is going to vary from the way its looks around here i would say 4.6ghz to 4.9ghz is an average, and with the better clocking chips its 5ghz and up. Some of the better overclockers on OCN are managing to get 5ghz+ even with ok chips so your overclocking skills would also add a variance to the mix. Overall its a good move but steamroller is so close as it is as long as there is no delays from AMD.

It would be nice if the 83xx cpu's would all hit 5.5ghz but no thats a rare thing or as some say a golden cpu depends on the motherboard, ram, and all other components. Average is going to vary from the way its looks around here i would say 4.6ghz to 4.9ghz is an average, and with the better clocking chips its 5ghz and up. Some of the better overclockers on OCN are managing to get 5ghz+ even with ok chips so your overclocking skills would also add a variance to the mix. Overall its a good move but steamroller is so close as it is as long as there is no delays from AMD.

You said it. Most importantly with these chips is cooling, that is the difference between water and air.. most water H100/H100i or custom are able to hit 5 as long as the chip isn't a horrid clocker. My chip sucked but I was able to eek out to 5.1 unstable and 5 stable. With a stock VID of 1.4v ....

If you are running water (exluding H80 and below) then I would expect 4.9-5.1 To get higher than that you will need full custom loop great rads great fans and everything else quality.. to get to anything 5.3+ you will need a golden chip or phase cooling

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Originally Posted by cssorkinman

I think any old 8350 will hit 5.5ghz, but you gotta have it COLD as in below freezing and a healthy supporting cast.

You said it. Most importantly with these chips is cooling, that is the difference between water and air.. most water H100/H100i or custom are able to hit 5 as long as the chip isn't a horrid clocker. My chip sucked but I was able to eek out to 5.1 unstable and 5 stable. With a stock VID of 1.4v ....

If you are running water (exluding H80 and below) then I would expect 4.9-5.1 To get higher than that you will need full custom loop great rads great fans and everything else quality.. to get to anything 5.3+ you will need a golden chip or phase cooling[[/SPOILER

conclusion for 3mark 10k physics score for me anyhow, doesn't matter what clock the ram is at the difference is 60 points between different timings. 1600-2133